Comparison of nutritional quality of the crops grown in an organic and conventional fertilized soil

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 882-888

  Herencia, Juan Francisco ^a   García Galavís, Pedro A ^a   Dorado, José Antonio Ruiz ^a   Maqueda, Celia ^b  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop; Macronutrients; Nitrate content; Nutritional quality; Organic farming; Vegetative compost

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS SOIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOST; DRY MATTER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERCEPTION; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL TYPE;

ANDALUCIA; SEVILLA; SEVILLE; SPAIN;

EID: 79960403249     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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